jácara
[ˈxakaɾa]
The verdict
“jácara” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Romance alegre en que por lo regular se cuentan hechos de la vida airada.
Corpus desk
Index ES-jacara · jácara · Spanish
jácara · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jácara |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxakaɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “jácara” en español
Rare enough to double-check
jácara is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈxakaɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jácara, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is jácara, spelled J-Á-C-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1Romance alegre en que por lo regular se cuentan hechos de la vida airada.
- 2Canción de origen árabe, que se acompañaba con instrumentos y se interpretaba en los entreactos de una función de teatro, alternando con números de baile.
- 3Especie de danza, formada al tañido, o son propio de la jácara.
- 4La junta de mozuelos, y gente alegre, que de noche anda metiendo ruido, y cantando por las calles.
- 5Enojo, furia.
- 6Discurso largo y poco sustancial, generalmente con el objeto de ocultar información importante.
- 7Embuste.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.